A Montgomery woman was killed Thursday afternoon when her vehicle struck a tree east of Phenix City, according to officials.

Kelley Via, 53, was killed after her 2000 Nissan Frontier left the roadway at 12:36 p.m. Thursday on Russell County Road 24, Alabama State Trooper Cpl. Jess Thornton said in a news release.

Via was taken from the scene to Piedmont Medical Center in Columbus, Georgia, where she died shortly after arrival, Thornton said. The woman was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the wreck, Thornton said.

Via's aunt, Elizabeth Brown, said Friday afternoon that she had been visiting family in Seale and was on her way back to Montgomery when her pickup truck wrecked.